BURTON, Richard Francis [Part I] & James M'QUEEN [Part II]. The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ... Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 parts in one volume, 8°, half title, 3 wood-engraved maps, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at end (one or two thumb marks and spots, hinges cracking), original burgundy cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt (spine torn across middle without loss, torn at head and foot with small section missing). FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 74.

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BURTON, Richard Francis [Part I] & James M'QUEEN [Part II]. The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ... Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 parts in one volume, 8°, half title, 3 wood-engraved maps, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at end (one or two thumb marks and spots, hinges cracking), original burgundy cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt (spine torn across middle without loss, torn at head and foot with small section missing). FIRST EDITION. Penzer p. 74.

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